The Beautiful Names of Allah

The 99 Names · Names Most Often Paired in the Quran

Al-Baseer البصير

The All-Seeing, whose sight encompasses everything that can be seen, however small and hidden.

Explanation

A detailed explanation of this name (in Arabic) is in: Sharh Asma' Allah al-Husna fi Daw' al-Kitab wa al-Sunnah — Dr. Sa'eed ibn 'Ali ibn Wahf al-Qahtani — p. 88 ↗

Evidence

﴿فَاطِرُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِۚ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنۡ أَنفُسِكُمۡ أَزۡوَٰجࣰا وَمِنَ ٱلۡأَنۡعَٰمِ أَزۡوَٰجࣰا يَذۡرَؤُكُمۡ فِيهِۚ لَيۡسَ كَمِثۡلِهِۦ شَيۡءࣱۖ وَهُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلۡبَصِيرُ ۝١١﴾
Ash-Shuraa 11

Call upon Allah by this name

“To Allah belong the Beautiful Names, so call upon Him by them” — Al-A'raf 180

From the Quran

Words of the believer from Pharaoh's people, entrusting his affair to Allah

﴿فَسَتَذۡكُرُونَ مَآ أَقُولُ لَكُمۡۚ وَأُفَوِّضُ أَمۡرِيٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بَصِيرُۢ بِٱلۡعِبَادِ﴾

Ghafir 44

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